Pigeonstown

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Pigeonstown, from 3,135 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres) to 413,404 m² (41.34 ha, 102.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Pigeonstown in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 5 Mar 2024N/a

  the provision of a glamping/camping site, to include glamping pods, camping area, service building, entrance, parking and wastewater treatment system, provision of vehicular passing bays on the approach road, including all associated siteworks. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460062

• 27 Feb 2024N/a

  the provision of a glamping/camping site, to include glamping pods, camping area, service building, entrance, parking and wastewater treatment system, provision of vehicular passing bays on the approach road, including all associated siteworks. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 2460054

• 6 Jul 2023N/a

  THE PROVISION OF A GLAMPING/CAMPING SITE, TO INCLUDE GLAMPING PODS, CAMPING AREA, SERVICE BUILDING, ENTRANCE, PARKING AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS. THE APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS)

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 23326

• 26 Jun 2023N/a

  THE PROVISION OF A GLAMPING/ CAMPING SITE, TO INLUDE GLAMPING PODS, CAMPING AREA, SERVICE BUILDING, ENTRANCE, PARKING AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 23303

• 16 Nov 2021N/a

  THE PROVISION OF A GLAMPING /CAMPING SITE, TO INCLUDE GLAMPING PODS, CAMPING AREA, SERVICE BUILDING, ENTRANCE, PARKING AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 21710

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA 004160

Recorded monuments

• OF036-030 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in the foothills of the Slieve Bloom mountains which are located to the S. Destroyed ringfort which now appears as a low irregular shaped flat topped mound (max. diam 29.5m N-S; max. H 1.75m). Hachured as small circular enclosure on the 1912 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF036-031 Deer park
  Description

  Not visible at ground level. The aerial photographic and cartographic evidence indicates that this may be the site of a levelled deerpark boundary of unknown date. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF036-033 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on the N facing slope of high ground in mountainous area. Roughly circular area enclosed by two earth and stone banks with intervening fosse (D 0.5m; Wth 5.4m) and external fosse both of which are visible at S only. The inner bank is poorly preserved and in places is degraded to a scarp. Outer bank (Wth 1.8m; ext. H 1.2m) survives at S only. The defences of the site have been badly disturbed at the N and W by ploughing activity and to the E by a deep gorge running in a N-S direction. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF036-034 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on the N facing slope of a high ridge running E-W. Roughly circular area (diam 29.2m E-W) defined by a much degraded bank from W through N to E (ext. H 2m; int. H 0.5m) elsewhere destroyed. No evidence of an entrance feature or external fosse. The site has been badly disturbed due to quarrying in the centre and the removal of the bank at S to give access to the quarry. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF036-045 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  No surface trace visible of castle depicted on 1st. ed. of OS 6-inch map. Situated on top of high ground in the Slieve Bloom Mountains with commanding panoramic views in all directions. Interesting upland castle site of which nothing substantial survives above ground today. It is possible on a clear sunny winter's day to make out the possible wall footings of a stone building in the area marked on the 6-inch map. The castle is now situated in an area of coniferous plantation which prevents the visitor from appreciating the commanding views the castle possessed of the surrounding countryside when it was first constructed. This castle may have been constructed to control an old mountain roadway or pass running through the Slieve Bloom Mountains. Running E-W immediately to the south of the castle is a low sandstone wall demarcating the townland boundary between Castletown and Glinsk and the adjoining townland of Pigeonstown. Marked 'Castle (Site of)' on the 1912 edition of the OS 6-inch map. However on the 1838 edition the outline of a rectangular castle is indicated immediately south of the townland boundary. If the 1838 map is correct the castle of Pigeonstown was originally located in the townland of Castletown and Glinsk. It is not known when this castle was first constructed. It is located in the ancient territory of Éile that was ruled by the O'Carroll's. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Architectural heritage

• Pigeonstown House, farm house, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached T-plan three-bay two-storey farmhouse, built c.1830, with earlier house to rear, c.1740, and entrance porch to front elevation. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and rendered chimneystacks. Ruled and lined rendered walls with stucco quoins. Square-headed window openings with timber sash and casement windows and sandstone sills. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door and limestone step. Outbuildings to rear yard with pitched slate roofs and coursed sandstone walls with yellow brick dressing to later ranges. Sandstone carriage arched openings and flat-arches to door and window openings. Decorative cast-iron piers to front site with Greek key openwork. Cast-iron double gates to road supported by square-profile stone gate piers.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Pigeonstown.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Pigeonstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Pigeonstown · Baile Phidsean

Area

2,038,659 m² (203.87 ha, 503.76 acres)

Civil parish

Letterluna, and its townlands

Barony

Ballybritt

Electoral division

Kinnitty, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kinnitty electoral division: 596 people in 207 households; 75% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballykelly, Castletown and Glinsk, Clogh, Coolcreen, Lackaroe, Lettybrook or Clooneen

Placenames

Pigeonstown on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.